Hello, Do have plans for Suspend/Resume? I'm really waiting for this feature.
-- Alexander > On Feb 16, 2017, at 4:07 AM, Shane Ambler <free...@shaneware.biz> wrote: > > > CC'ing to freebsd-virtualization as a better place to ask this. > > On 16/02/2017 05:11, Andrea Venturoli wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I've been searching the web for a while, but the info I got is sparse >> (many howtos, little on the big picture) and it's not always clear what >> is current and what is outdated. >> >> I might be in need to permanently run a Windows 64b VM (with SQL server) >> on a new FreeBSD box, so... > > Permanently as in a development environment or production? > >> What's the current status of bhyve? >> I mean, it is it production ready (meaning no critical feature is >> missing and I can count on this VM to behave properly nearly as much as >> the host)? >> Any difference between 10.3 and 11.0? (I got the idea the former will be >> supported for longer and I'd have to upgrade my poudriere in order to >> install the latter). > > 11.0 includes a "VNC accessible framebuffer driver" which is not in 10.x > This will allow you to vnc into the bhyve instance during boot to > install/repair windows. > > You will need to run poudriere on an 11 host to build 11 packages, > while you can sometimes have success building newer systems than the > host, building 11 packages on a 10 host does fail for many ports. > >> >> How well does it run Windows? >> Would I better run W7 instead of W10 (or the other way round)? >> What's the maximum amount of RAM I can dedicate to a VM? >> >> >> How does it compare to VirtualBox wrt to stability and performance? >> (I know I can find benchmarks, but, again, it's hard to tell whether >> they can be trusted or considered current). >> >> >> Should I use a dedicated disk (or disk mirror) for better speed? >> Or should I use a dedicated partition on the host's disk/disk mirror? >> Will a ZFS volume perform as good as a partition? >> >> >> >> Any caveat or hint? >> >> >> >> bye & Thanks >> av. > > > > -- > FreeBSD - the place to B...Sharing Devices > > Shane Ambler > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"